By Capelo                                             H.B. No. 1911
         77R7107 DWS-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a child safety fee in certain counties.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 502.173, Transportation Code, is amended
 1-5     by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
 1-6     follows:
 1-7           (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population
 1-8     greater than 1.18 million may impose by order an additional fee of
 1-9     not less than 50 cents or more than $3 [$1.50] for registering a
1-10     vehicle in the county.  The commissioners court of a county with a
1-11     population less than 1.18 million may impose by order an additional
1-12     fee of not more than $3 [$1.50] for registering a vehicle in the
1-13     county.
1-14           (i)  The commissioners court of a county shall impose a fee
1-15     of $3 under Subsection (a) on request of one or more municipalities
1-16     in the county that have an aggregate population that exceeds
1-17     two-thirds of the population of the county.  The county shall adopt
1-18     the order imposing the fee and notify the department not later than
1-19     the 45th day after the date of the request.  A fee requested under
1-20     this subsection may be removed only on written request of one or
1-21     more municipalities in the county that have an aggregate population
1-22     that exceeds two-thirds of the population of the county.
1-23           SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 502.173(c), Transportation
1-24     Code, a fee requested under Section 502.173(i), Transportation
 2-1     Code, as added by this Act, on or before September 2, 2001, takes
 2-2     effect January 1, 2002, regardless of whether the request was made
 2-3     before the effective date of this Act. The county shall adopt the
 2-4     order imposing the fee and notify the department not later than
 2-5     October 10, 2001.
 2-6           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-7     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-8     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-9     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-10     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.